The expert challenges DC crime statistics of Democrats after Trump action

Democrats across the country have rejected the repression of President Trump’s DC crime, citing statistics allegedly showing that crime in the national capital is broken or even in historical stockings, but an expert who spoke to Fox News Digital rejects this story.

“These Democrats cite FBI statistics, its report on uniform crime. And the problem is that they portray it as if it were a record of violent crimes,” said Jim Agresti, president of the non -profit research institute, to Fox News Digital shortly after Trump announced that he was sending federal resources to the country to meet the city.

“But really what is a question is a recording of crimes that are reported to the police, then to those of these crimes which are reported to the FBI. It is not a complete recording of all violent crimes, and it is a problem. And the FBI is very explicit on this subject when they present the data in their formal report each year, where they say:` `Do not directly compare the data of the year to what you

While many eminent Democrats, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, insisted that violent crimes are a hollow of 30 years in the city, Agresti told Fox News Digital that “the best way to understand the state of violent crime” in any jurisdiction is to look at the number of murders because it is a violent crime which is difficult to “sweep under the carpet”.

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Fox News Digital spoke to Just President Jim Agresti of the crime situation in Washington, DC (Getty)

“When we examine the data of the murder for DC, we see that it is not a situation that is lower now than it is in the past 30 years. On the contrary,” said Agresti. “It is currently 83% higher than it was at its low point a dozen years ago. So there is a serious problem with serious crimes, violent crimes at DC, and the city now, the national capital, has a murder rate five times the American average.”

The chances of a person facing a violent crime in Washington, DC, have dropped in recent years, but the possibility of dying for such a crime has skyrocketed, data emissions, Fox News Digital reported Wednesday.

Letheast in DC jumped 341% compared to the 2012 data, revealed that the study said that there were 13 homicides for 1,000 severe violent crimes in 2012 and 57 homicides for 1,000 severe violent crimes in 2024.

Agresti has explained that if many people operate with the conviction that crime has increased across the country during and because of the cochem, the problem has actually started to get worse specifically when the riots of dark life broke out.

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The members of the Entrances of the Monitor National Guard in the staging area of local and federal agencies for applying the law within the US Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on August 12, 2025, in Washington, DC (Craig Hudson for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

“It makes sense,” said Agresti. “The police were vilified. They withdrew from the fear of being injured. People were talking about funding the police, and there was overall chaos in this country. So, this increase, moreover, that people blame on the coide did not start with Covid, and that did not appear in other countries. It happened here where we had these BLM riots.”

Agresti told Fox News Digital that there was a “clear link” between crime in the United States and the movement “financed police” and that most people do not seize the extent of the crime problem in this country.

“”We had around 17,000 murders last year, “said Agresti.” Imagine if all made the headlines. At the current rate of murders in this county, about one in 230 in the United States will be interrupted by being murdered. This statistic is so incredible. “”

In addition to the “amazing” facts on murderAgresti said compiled data By Just Facts, one in 10 women in the United States is raped during their lifetime.

“”Think of the horror of this, and beyond all this pain, this suffering, death, there is also a financial cost for crime, “said Agresti.” It was quantified in an academic document in 2021, and, in the end, crime in all its forms, pain, death, suffering, financial loss, the activities that we take to prevent crime, they represent a cost on our American economy of $ 40,000 per American household. “”.

Questions have also been raised on local DC crime statistics showing that crime is down so far this year, a lot to pointing to information That a DC police commander has recently been suspended for allegedly changed crime data.

Agresti has said that anyone can “cord crime statistics” to promote a specific program, but that it is also important to realize that many crimes are also not declared due to various factors, including the animosity towards the police or the conviction that the call of the police will not give results.

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“The vast majority of crimes are not reported, and another phenomenon that is really, really disturbing, it is the amount of crimes resolved,” said Agresti. “It was in this country, in 1960, that 92% of all murders were resolved. In 2023, this figure was down to 58%, which means that more than 40 percent of people who committed murders came out, and they are there to recommend them.”

Thursday, 800 troops of the National Guard authorized by Trump were in Washington, DC, supporting other federal organizations for the application of the law with “the safety of monuments, the patrols of community security, the protection of facilities and federal officers, stations of traffic control and embellishment of the areas”, according to the State Department.

President Donald Trump signals in the dining room of the White House state on August 8, 2025 in Washington. (AP photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s move to repress crime in the capital, which, according to the White House, occurs at levels than dwarf capitals in other much poorer countries around the world, have sparked demonstrations led by liberal activists and the indignation of certain elected Democrats, including the chief of the Hakeem Jeffries minority.

“”When politicians say, “We don’t have to worry about this, it is the lowest crime rate in 30 years”, they abdicate their responsibility, “Agresti told Fox News Digital.

“The declaration of independence said that governments are established to protect the rights of people, including their lives, their freedom and the continuation of happiness. What we have at the moment are many politicians and governments that do an extremely bad job of this, and pain and suffering are incredible. It is so wide and so horrible.”

Emma Colton of Fox News Digital contributed to this report